UPDATE: Roche's New Diabetes Drug Works Better Than Byetta

Here's an article about taspoglutide and you don't have to subscribe to the WSJ to read it: ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Roche Holding AG said Thursday its experimental diabetes drug taspoglutide worked better than a rival drug sold by Eli Lilly & Co. in lowering blood sugar, according to the results of a late stage study. October 29, 2009: 08:19 AM ET

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Roche's New Diabetes Drug Works Better Than Byetta

Roche's experimental diabetes drug taspoglutide worked better than a rival drug sold by Eli Lilly & Co. in lowering blood sugar, according to the results of a late stage study.

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Diabetes Weakens Your Bones

Current research suggests that the inflammatory molecule TNF-a may contribute to delayed bone fracture healing in diabetics. The related report by Alblowi et al, "High Levels of TNF-a Contribute to Accelerated Loss of Cartilage in Diabetic Fracture Healing" appears in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Pathology.

Diabetes, a condition where the body either does not produce enough, or respond to, insulin, affects at least 171 million people worldwide, a figure... read more

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Poor math skills may worsen diabetes control

A new study suggests that diabetic adults' ability to work with numbers may affect their management of the disease -- and that, in turn, may help explain racial differences in diabetes control.

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Diabetes drug metformin could extend lives

British researchers believe that metformin used to treat type 2 diabetes could also extend lives...

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44 percent say diabetes affects sex life

A study of U.S., British and German diabetes patients found 44 percent say the disease affects their ability or desire to have sex, researchers said.

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Is Diabetes Research Focussed on the Right Goal?

Sometimes it seems that popular diabetes research may have forgotten it's objective, but there are certainly things diabetics can do to treat themselves. In fact, even the ADA agrees with this notion. This idea is suggested in one of their publications called, Diabetes A to Z: What you Need to know About Diabetes; Simply Put. It is now in it's 5th edition.

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Refined Carbohydrates Up Diabetes Risk

But Researchers Say Foods Like Bran Cereal and Oatmeal Can Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDNov. 26, 2007 -- Eating the right kind of carbohydrates may help lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

Two new studies suggest that eating simple or refined carbohydrates with a high glycemic index -- like white bread and rice -- raise the risk of type... read more

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Diabetes Hope - Successful Pilot Study of Immature Adult Stem Cells-TYPE 2

A recent study published in the Journal of Cell Transplantation, offers new hope to the 24 million people in the US who suffer from type 2 diabetes and its harmful affects. The University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute, is conducting its first phase of human clinical trials, using immature adult stem cells from a patient’s own bone marrow. After treatment, symptoms significantly lessened, with increased insulin production, lower blood-sugar levels and a reduced need for... read more

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Type 2 Diabetes: How to Start Insulin

Once-Daily Insulin May Be a Starting Point, Study Suggests
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDOct. 24, 2007 -- Do you have type 2 diabetes and need to start taking insulin? Scientists have new insights on how you should do so.

Taking insulin once daily at bedtime may be a first step, with fewer risks than other insulin-dosing strategies, a new study shows.

Those findings are preliminary, so patients... read more

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